Come to Daddy's reviews
Media reviews
Indiewire
No matter its oddball turns, Kiwi director Ant Timpson?s wild, unpredictable debut manages to deliver a gory hilarious father-son reunion saga with a surprising degree of confidence in the silly-strange nature of the material.
New York Times
Absurd yet bold, lurid yet a tiny bit touching, 'Come to Daddy' drags poor Norval from hopefulness to horror to a wickedly literal form of closure. More than a few audience members might even be happy to accompany him.
The Wrap
'Come to Daddy' has twists galore, not to mention a heavy dose of gore, but the further it drifts from its initial understated dynamic, the less each successive development seems to matter.
Variety
Moderately funny and strangely dated ... The blend of tired jokes and body horror here seems entombed in amber, as every lacerated scalp, loudly broken limb, and use of the C-word makes it feel that much less original.
Screen Daily
'Come to Daddy' starts out like a nasty drama, ends up as a gruesomely gory, coldly comic revenge thriller ? and desperately loses its way somewhere in-between.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote